Bharat Ek Khoj | |
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Genre | Historical drama |
Created by | Shyam Benegal |
Based on | The Discovery of India by Jawaharlal Nehru |
Written by | Shyam Benegal Shama Zaidi Vasant Dev(dialogues) |
Starring | Roshan Seth Om Puri Tom Alter Sadashiv Amrapurkar Naseeruddin Shah Lucky Ali Seema Kelkar Mita Vashisht Pallavi Joshi Anjan Srivastav Sohaila Kapur Ila Arun Irrfan Khan Ravi Jhankal Piyush Mishra Kulbhushan Kharbanda |
Narrated by | Om Puri |
Opening theme | Vanraj Bhatia |
Country of origin | India |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 53 |
Production | |
Executive producer(s) | Raj Pius |
Cinematography | V. K. Murthy |
Production company(s) | Doordarshan Sahyadri Films |
Release | |
Original network | DD National |
Original release | 1988 |
Ch: अहमदनगर का किला, तलाश, सिंधु घाटी सभ्यता, युगों का दौर, नयी.
Bharat Ek Khoj (The Discovery of India) is a 53-episode Indian historical drama based on the book The Discovery of India (1946) by Jawaharlal Nehru[1] that covers a 5000-year history of India from its beginnings to independence from the British in 1947. The drama was directed, written and produced by Shyam Benegal with cinematographer V. K. Murthy in 1988 for state-owned Doordarshan. Shama Zaidi co-wrote the script.[2] Its cast included Om Puri, Roshan Seth, Tom Alter and Sadashiv Amrapurkar. Jawaharlal Nehru was portrayed by Roshan Seth, the same role he portrayed in the Oscar-winning film Gandhi.[3]
Production designer Nitish Roy with assistants Samir Chanda and Nitin Desai built 144 sets.[4]
Episode | Title | Cast | Role |
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1 | Bharat Mata Ki Jai | Roshan Seth | Jawaharlal Nehru |
2 | The Beginnings (Indus Valley Civilization) | Pallavi Joshi | Atri |
3 | The Arrival of the Vedic People (the Rigveda) | Harish Patel | Draha, a Merchant |
4 | Caste Formation | Piyush Mishra | Seepahi |
5 | Mahabharata Part 1 | Teejan Bai | Herself |
6 | Mahabharata Part 2 | Om Puri | Duryodhan |
7 | Ramayana Part 1 | Pallavi Joshi | Sita |
8 | Ramayana Part 2 | Om Puri | Ravana |
9 | Republics and Kingdoms | Virendra Saxena | Vashithak |
10 | Negation and Acceptance of Life | Om Puri | Angulimaal |
11 | Chanakya and Chandragupta Part 1 | Satyadev Dubey, Mita Vashisht | Chankya, Suhasini |
12 | Chanakya and Chandragupta Part 2 | ||
13 | Ashoka Part 1 | Om Puri | Ashoka |
14 | Ashoka Part 2 | Om Puri | Ashoka |
15 | The Sangam Period: Silapaddirakam Part 1 | ||
16 | The Sangam Period: Silapaddirakam Part 2 | ||
17 | The Classical Age | ||
18 | Kalidas and Shakuntala Part 1 | ||
19 | Kalidas and Shakuntala Part 2 | ||
20 | Harshavardhana | Pankaj Berry | Harshavardhana |
21 | Bhakti | ||
22 | The Chola Empire Part 1 | ||
23 | The Chola Empire Part 2 | ||
24 | The Delhi Sultanate and Prithviraj Raso Part 1 | Ravi Jhankal K.K. Raina | Prithviraj Chauhan Muhammad Ghori |
25 | The Delhi Sultanate and Prithviraj Raso Part 2 | Ravi Jhankal | Prithviraj Chauhan |
26 | The Delhi Sultanate and Padmavat | Om Puri Rajendra Gupta | Alauddin Khalji Ratan Singh |
27 | Synthesis | Pankaj Berry | Lorik |
28 | The Vijayanagar Empire | Om Puri | Krishna Deva Raya |
29 | Feudalism | ||
30 | The Fall of the Vijayanagar Empire | ||
31 | Rana Sanga, Ibrahim Lodi and Babur | ||
32 | Akbar Part 1 (Din-e Ilahi) | Kulbhushan Kharbanda | Akbar |
33 | Akbar Part 2 | Kulbhushan Kharbanda | Akbar |
34 | Golden Hind | ||
35 | Aurangzeb Part 1 | Om Puri | Aurangzeb |
36 | Aurangzeb Part 2 | Om Puri | Aurangzeb |
37 | Shivaji Part 1 | Naseeruddin Shah | Shivaji |
38 | Shivaji Part 2 | Naseeruddin Shah | Shivaji |
39 | Company Bahadur (East India Company) | ||
40 | Tipu Sultan | Salim Ghouse | Tipu Sultan |
41 | The Bengal Renaissance and Raja Ram Mohan Roy | Anang Desai | Raja Ram Mohan Roy |
42 | 1857 Part 1 | Tom Alter, Om Puri, Ravi Jhankal | |
43 | 1857 Part 2 | Tom Alter | British Officer |
44 | Indigo Revolt | Virendra Saxena | Madhav |
45 | Mahatma Phule | Sadashiv Amrapurkar | Mahatma Phule |
46 | Sir Syed Ahmed Khan | ||
47 | Vivekananda | Alok Nath | Swami Vivekananda |
48 | Extremists and Moderates | Mohan Gokhale | Gopal Krishna Gokhale |
49 | And Gandhi Came Part 1 | ||
50 | And Gandhi Came Part 2 | ||
51 | Separatism | ||
52 | Do or Die | ||
53 | Epilogue |
Bharat Ek Khoj | |
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Genre | Historical drama |
Created by | Shyam Benegal |
Based on | The Discovery of India by Jawaharlal Nehru |
Written by | Shyam Benegal Shama Zaidi Vasant Dev(dialogues) |
Starring | Roshan Seth Om Puri Tom Alter Sadashiv Amrapurkar Naseeruddin Shah Lucky Ali Seema Kelkar Mita Vashisht Pallavi Joshi Anjan Srivastav Sohaila Kapur Ila Arun Irrfan Khan Ravi Jhankal Piyush Mishra Kulbhushan Kharbanda |
Narrated by | Om Puri |
Opening theme | Vanraj Bhatia |
Country of origin | India |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 53 |
Production | |
Executive producer(s) | Raj Pius |
Cinematography | V. K. Murthy |
Production company(s) | Doordarshan Sahyadri Films |
Release | |
Original network | DD National |
Original release | 1988 |
Bharat Ek Khoj (The Discovery of India) is a 53-episode Indian historical drama based on the book The Discovery of India (1946) by Jawaharlal Nehru[1] that covers a 5000-year history of India from its beginnings to independence from the British in 1947. The drama was directed, written and produced by Shyam Benegal with cinematographer V. K. Murthy in 1988 for state-owned Doordarshan. Shama Zaidi co-wrote the script.[2] Its cast included Om Puri, Roshan Seth, Tom Alter and Sadashiv Amrapurkar. Jawaharlal Nehru was portrayed by Roshan Seth, the same role he portrayed in the Oscar-winning film Gandhi.[3]
Production designer Nitish Roy with assistants Samir Chanda and Nitin Desai built 144 sets.[4]
Episode | Title | Cast | Role |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Bharat Mata Ki Jai | Roshan Seth | Jawaharlal Nehru |
2 | The Beginnings (Indus Valley Civilization) | Pallavi Joshi | Atri |
3 | The Arrival of the Vedic People (the Rigveda) | Harish Patel | Draha, a Merchant |
4 | Caste Formation | Piyush Mishra | Seepahi |
5 | Mahabharata Part 1 | Teejan Bai | Herself |
6 | Mahabharata Part 2 | Om Puri | Duryodhan |
7 | Ramayana Part 1 | Pallavi Joshi | Sita |
8 | Ramayana Part 2 | Om Puri | Ravana |
9 | Republics and Kingdoms | Virendra Saxena | Vashithak |
10 | Negation and Acceptance of Life | Om Puri | Angulimaal |
11 | Chanakya and Chandragupta Part 1 | Satyadev Dubey, Mita Vashisht | Chankya, Suhasini |
12 | Chanakya and Chandragupta Part 2 | ||
13 | Ashoka Part 1 | Om Puri | Ashoka |
14 | Ashoka Part 2 | Om Puri | Ashoka |
15 | The Sangam Period: Silapaddirakam Part 1 | ||
16 | The Sangam Period: Silapaddirakam Part 2 | ||
17 | The Classical Age | ||
18 | Kalidas and Shakuntala Part 1 | ||
19 | Kalidas and Shakuntala Part 2 | ||
20 | Harshavardhana | Pankaj Berry | Harshavardhana |
21 | Bhakti | ||
22 | The Chola Empire Part 1 | ||
23 | The Chola Empire Part 2 | ||
24 | The Delhi Sultanate and Prithviraj Raso Part 1 | Ravi Jhankal K.K. Raina | Prithviraj Chauhan Muhammad Ghori |
25 | The Delhi Sultanate and Prithviraj Raso Part 2 | Ravi Jhankal | Prithviraj Chauhan |
26 | The Delhi Sultanate and Padmavat | Om Puri Rajendra Gupta | Alauddin Khalji Ratan Singh |
27 | Synthesis | Pankaj Berry | Lorik |
28 | The Vijayanagar Empire | Om Puri | Krishna Deva Raya |
29 | Feudalism | ||
30 | The Fall of the Vijayanagar Empire | ||
31 | Rana Sanga, Ibrahim Lodi and Babur | ||
32 | Akbar Part 1 (Din-e Ilahi) | Kulbhushan Kharbanda | Akbar |
33 | Akbar Part 2 | Kulbhushan Kharbanda | Akbar |
34 | Golden Hind | ||
35 | Aurangzeb Part 1 | Om Puri | Aurangzeb |
36 | Aurangzeb Part 2 | Om Puri | Aurangzeb |
37 | Shivaji Part 1 | Naseeruddin Shah | Shivaji |
38 | Shivaji Part 2 | Naseeruddin Shah | Shivaji |
39 | Company Bahadur (East India Company) | ||
40 | Tipu Sultan | Salim Ghouse | Tipu Sultan |
41 | The Bengal Renaissance and Raja Ram Mohan Roy | Anang Desai | Raja Ram Mohan Roy |
42 | 1857 Part 1 | Tom Alter, Om Puri, Ravi Jhankal | |
43 | 1857 Part 2 | Tom Alter | British Officer |
44 | Indigo Revolt | Virendra Saxena | Madhav |
45 | Mahatma Phule | Sadashiv Amrapurkar | Mahatma Phule |
46 | Sir Syed Ahmed Khan | ||
47 | Vivekananda | Alok Nath | Swami Vivekananda |
48 | Extremists and Moderates | Mohan Gokhale | Gopal Krishna Gokhale |
49 | And Gandhi Came Part 1 | ||
50 | And Gandhi Came Part 2 | ||
51 | Separatism | ||
52 | Do or Die | ||
53 | Epilogue |